Vietnam Romance - 52 card deck (linen cards)

If you hated the War but loved the Movies, you’ll love this game

Free single player version coming soon!

Vietnam Romance is about the fictionalized history of the Vietnam War and its cultural remains. The project takes various forms: computer game, collectible, card game, live performance / puppet show / dinner theatre, and video installation. (Eddo Stern 2017)

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Vietnam Romance

If you hated the War but loved the Movies, you’ll love this game

Vietnam Romance is about the fictionalized history of the Vietnam War and its cultural remains. The project takes various forms: computer game, collectible, card game, live performance / puppet show / dinner theatre, and video installation.

Vietnam Romance is a tour of nostalgia for romantics and Deathmatch veterans pitting tourists vs. adventurers, history vs. its fantasies, and games vs. cinema. Film critic Ed Halter, described a film version of the project as exploring “a peculiarly American memory-trip, one in which the legacy of a gruesome war has become indistinguishable from pleasurable, if mythic-tragic, entertainments.”

Game Release

The computer game release of Vietnam Romance is structured as a series of standalone vignettes or levels. Each level will either be released as part of a small set or individually. The separate levels are connected through a shared card inventory that is stored online on the Vietnam romance server. Eventually, the separate levels will be linked sequentially and comprise a more linear narrative playthough.

The initial release involves two sets:The Vietnam RomanceTutorial Set includes three levels the Computer Tutorial, the Driving Tutorial, and, and the Combat Tutorial.

The next levels we are working on releasing include: Level 1: Congrats it’s all Yours!, Level 2: Mojave, Level 3: Apache, Level 4: In Country, Level 10: In Charlie’s Company.

Live Shows

Vietnam Romance involves a series of live stage performances. Each show is a different site specific variety show including special scenes and performances including live music and actors, a multiplayer game system, puppet shows, karaoke, kinetic/interactive stage props, special playing cards and gifts, projection mapping, food, drinks, and other surprises.

Exhibitions and Installations

Vietnam Romance also takes the form of installation or exhibition which includes new sculptures, video projections, prints, photos or other forms. These shows are installed in museums or galleries and take advantage of the formal opportunities offered by these spaces.

Support

Vietnam Romance has been generously supported by the Beall Center for Art And Technology through an Andy Warhol Foundation grant, by The University of California Institute for Research in the Arts, the UCLA Council On Research, Northern Spark Festival, Babycastles, Postmasters Gallery, Dundee Contemporary Arts, and by Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Berlin.